Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

So finally this one that you have seen before has been strung up with the finish on and makes it to the gallery.

Maple
Sitka spruce
E.I.rosewood
Paua & bone inlay
Pre-cat lacquer
Jim

Geez. Crikey. Drool. A bar-raiser for sure .

John FM wrote: A bar-raiser for sure .

Hope you are meaning a standard setter there John!

Nice job Jim, the Maple looks stunning & the inlay work on the fingerboard is top notch, great job

Very nice details there Jim. I love the look of the neck and headstock.

Finish is outstanding too.

Way too cool Jim . That fretboard inlay design seems very fitting on a uke. I like the bolt-on arrangement too ! . Great work mate

Thanks guys

Nick O wrote:

John FM wrote: A bar-raiser for sure .

Hope you are meaning a standard setter there John!

Note to myself.... If John ever visits let him view the ukulele in private.

Jim

Fantastic looking uke there Jim, you really do have a great style that is all your own.

(Word of advise, be careful leaving John alone with that uke, he may get his whittle wax all over it.)

Cheers

Kim

Classy little uke there Jim. I love your appointment ideas anf the inlay is a work od art.

Thanks for the pictures.

Cheers

Alan

Hey Jim
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ I'm speechless!!!

That's just stunningly good!
Congrats on a fantastic looking instrument.

Nice, very nice!

Very nice Jim, like your neck design might have to pitch it.

Thanks all for the pats on the back. Not so loud Luke, Leo Fender might hear you.

Jim

Lovely looking uke Jim.

I'm amazed that this along with many other fantatsic looking pieces on this forum comes with no sound or video file... I am a hopeless photographer but I just set the camera up on a tripod and shoot some pretty low-fi video- it says so much more than any glossy pic - even if the sound is terrible. Try it you guys - it's not difficult

Pete Howlett wrote:I'm amazed that this along with many other fantatsic looking pieces on this forum comes with no sound or video file... I am a hopeless photographer but I just set the camera up on a tripod and shoot some pretty low-fi video- it says so much more than any glossy pic - even if the sound is terrible. Try it you guys - it's not difficult

I can see where you are coming from Pete but.......Why show off your work with a crappy sound track? I would want the work I've spent ages sweating over to be shown in it's best light, nice pictures & the best sound track I could produce to give a true representation of what I hear & the amount of work that's gone into it. A bad sound track tells others nothing other than A: I couldn't be bothered taking the time to do a decent video or B: that my instrument does indeed produce a crappy sound.
Sorry Pete, but that's just me. I've sweated blood over this instrument for 3-5 months, I wouldn't be doing it justice if I'd only spent 3 minutes producing a video to show it to the rest of the world. It would be the same as after completing the wood work just brush painting a coat of polyurethane on it & calling it done to me.

Pete Howlett wrote:I'm amazed that this along with many other fantatsic looking pieces on this forum comes with no sound or video file...

Are you "amazed" Pete cause I have posted sound with my past instruments but as yet have not got around to doing one for this one? I do agree with you, it is always nice to hear a clip and agree that it does not have to be Hi Fi. Although this has been heard on the forum pre-finish (I glued the bridge and strung it up before spraying) I will get time eventually, maybe even sing you guys a song just for the fun of it.

Jim

Life is good when you are amongst the wood

Hi Jim
Can you point us to the build thread (late 2009 or early 2010 ??) for this method of uke bolt-on neck, or did the description & images get lost in the Big Crash?
Cheers & thanks

Hi i'm new here.Is that headstock the same angle as the neck?Just lower i've never seen that before.
I've never built a uke but intend to.Found this site during my research.I like Bluestones neckthrough design.Its' Qld walnut like my Maton 425c/12. cheers Bob

steersman wrote:Hi i'm new here.Is that headstock the same angle as the neck?Just lower i've never seen that before.
I've never built a uke but intend to.Found this site during my research.I like Bluestones neckthrough design.Its' Qld walnut like my Maton 425c/12. cheers Bob

Welcome to the forum Bob, what part of Southland are you in? I'm living in wobblyville (aka Chch)

steersman wrote:Hi i'm new here.Is that headstock the same angle as the neck?Just lower i've never seen that before.
I've never built a uke but intend to.Found this site during my research.I like Bluestones neckthrough design.Its' Qld walnut like my Maton 425c/12. cheers Bob

G'day and welcome Bob. You are correct the headstock is parallel to the fretboard and just lower. You may have seen it before though on a few electric guitars that are either Fenders or copies of Fenders using the Fender headstock building method.

Jim

Hi Nick,
i live in Waianiwa,between Riverton & Invercargill.Shirleys son is in the wobbles too.We bought him down here for a break.I couldnt believe the holes in the ground, seemed unreal.

Thanks for the welcome guys. I am in the process of getting a debit card and finding suppiers for timber n strings n machine heads etc.Cleaning my old tools and i'll have to buy a router.
1st i'll build a Tahitian uke n then modify it my way and get my hand in.
My wife owns "the Meanest " double bass in town.I dubbed it "The Dinosaur",cos ya need a truck to cart it.So
i'd like to build her a Bass uke .Before that though i want to start building "MY UKES" which i cant tell anyone about yet.
This is a gr8 site i've picked up quite few good ideas here. But it's rather daunting seeing so many quality instruments n thinking ,"could i build something as beautiful as that?" ... i hope so.